Description
Genus Macbrideola
Sporocarps small, stipitate , globose to ovate . Stalk translucent , hollow (trapped air is often seen in liquid mounts ). Columella usually present. Peridium fugaceous or persistent . Capillitium present or absent.
Physical Description
Species Macbrideola reticulospora
Sporocarps gregarious , 1-1.5 µm tall. Sporotheca ovoid , 0.4-0.6 µm diam., 0.5-0.8 mm tall, dark brown. Hypothallus red-brown, discoid . Stalks dark, red-brown in reflected light, opaque by TL , c. 50% of the total height . Peridium remaining as a small red-brown collar . Columella rather irregular, nearly reaching the apex where it ends rather abruptly in 2-3 main branches. Capillitium smooth , dense, with numerous long free-ending branches that are perpendicular to the columella, ± undulate , brown, slender and forming 1-2 large meshes on the radius. Spores 7(-8) µm diam., very pale , with a very delicately spinose-banded-reticulate, forming c. 5 meshes across the diam.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
()
- (Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858
- Protozoa
- Phylum:
Myxomycota
()
- Class:
Myxomycetes
()
- Order:
Stemonitales
()
- Family:
Stemonitidaceae
()
- Genus:
Macbrideola
()
- Specific descriptor:
reticulospora
- Hoof & Nann.-Bremek., 1996
- Scientific name: - Macbrideola reticulospora Hoof & Nann.-Bremek., 1996
- Specific descriptor:
reticulospora
- Hoof & Nann.-Bremek., 1996
- Genus:
Macbrideola
(
- Family:
Stemonitidaceae
(
- Order:
Stemonitales
(
- Class:
Myxomycetes
(
- Phylum:
Myxomycota
(
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Macbrideola reticulospora Hooff & Nann. -Bremek. 1996
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Kirk P.M. , 14-Sep-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Macbrideola
There are approximately 20 species in this genus:
M. argentea · M. confusa · M. coprophila · M. cornea · M. cornea var. cornea · M. decapillata · M. declinata · M. dubia · M. herrerae · M. lamprodermoides · M. macrospora · M. martinii · M. oblonga · M. ovoidea · M. reticulospora · M. scintillans · M. scintillans var. verrucosa · M. synsporos · M. verrucosa · M. vesiculifera
Bibliography
- Hooff and Nann.-Bremek. 1996 Additions to the Myxomycetes of the Netherlands Proc. Koninkl. Nederl. Akad. van Wetenschappen, Series C, 99:45-53
- Neubert, Nowotny and Baumann 1993/1995/2000 Die Myxomyceten Baumann, Gomaringen. Vol.3:247
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Eumycetozoa.com
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed August 2, 2008.
- Mitchell, David W. December 21, 2007. Provided taxonomic information, physical description, and bibliographic content.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:
- BeBIF Provider: National Botanic Garden Belgium - Myxomycetes
- University of Arkansas: Planetary Biodiversity Inventory Eumycetozoan Databank
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3279881
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Eum-724
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2507640
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:437918
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2358362
